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Recorded in February 2013 before a live audience at the Salle Louis-Frechette in the Grad Theatre de Quebec, tenor Marc Hervieux charms listeners with a bouquet of popular French and Quebecois songs in arrangements by Simon Leclerc, performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec. Hervieux has chosen 18 love songs, including “L’hymne a l’amour,” “Quand on aque l’amour,” “Ils s’aiment,” “Les plaisirs demodes,” and “Et maintenant.”Recorded in February 2013 before a live audience at the Salle Louis-Frechette in the Grad Theatre de Quebec, tenor Marc Hervieux charms listeners with a bouquet of popular French and Quebecois songs in arrangements by Simon Leclerc, performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec. Hervieux has chosen 18 love songs, including “L’hymne a l’amour,” “Quand on aque l’amour,” “Ils s’aiment,” “Les plaisirs demodes,” and “Et maintenant.” Read less

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For fans onlyJune 21, 2013By Dean Frey See All My Reviews"Quebec lyric tenor Marc Hervieux has a strong, strong voice, and I admired his musicianship on two opera recital discs he's recorded for ATMA. The repertoire in this new disc &quot;Mes plaisirs&quot; isn't to my taste, but the voice is certainly still there, and is enthusiastically applauded by the audience at the Grand Theatre de Quebec. There's not a lot of variety in the arrangements of these &quot;favourite&quot; songs, by Simon Leclerc, and Hervieux is singing full-bore for much of the time. Beautiful tone, plenty of volume, holding power: Hervieux has those in abundance. But he doesn't have a chance to show his full range; of colour, of drama, of simple volume. This &quot;cross-over&quot; disc is for fans, or those who don't want too much taste or nuance to get in the way of dramatic cresendos and crashing climaxes."Report Abuse